diff --git a/netsim/providers/libvirt.yml b/netsim/providers/libvirt.yml
index 55413e47eb..50904f20bb 100644
--- a/netsim/providers/libvirt.yml
+++ b/netsim/providers/libvirt.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ probe:
   err: "vagrant is not installed"
 - cmd: [ bash, "-c", "vagrant plugin list|grep vagrant-libvirt" ]
   err: "vagrant-libvirt plugin is not installed"
-- cmd: virsh net-list
-  err: "You don't have access to virsh networking, your user should be in libvirt group"
+- cmd: virsh -c qemu:///system net-list
+  err: "You don't have access to system-wide virsh networking, your user should be in libvirt group"
 act_probe: "virsh list"
 act_title: "KVM/libvirt domains (virtual machines)"
 cleanup: [ Vagrantfile ]